UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah meets families of martyrs, CAPFs personnel and victims of naxal violence in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh
Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal authority that operationalises and monitors the SAMADHAN strategy against Left Wing Extremism in India?
- A. Left Wing Extremism Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs
- B. Internal Security Division of the Ministry of Defence
- C. Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Radicalisation Division of the National Investigation Agency
- D. Police Modernisation Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs
Q2. With reference to the SAMADHAN strategy of the Government of India to counter Left Wing Extremism, consider the following components:
1. Smart Leadership
2. Motivation and Training
3. Harnessing Technology
4. Neutralisation of Top Maoist Leadership
Which of the above are correctly identified as components of the SAMADHAN doctrine?
- Smart Leadership
- Motivation and Training
- Harnessing Technology
- Neutralisation of Top Maoist Leadership
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1, 2 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q3. How many forces are presently notified as Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) under the Ministry of Home Affairs?
- A. Five
- B. Six
- C. Seven
- D. Nine
Q4. In 2025, security forces successfully concluded 'Operation Black Forest' against Naxalites at Karreguttalu Hill on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. For how many days did this operation continue before being declared successful?
- A. 14 days
- B. 18 days
- C. 21 days
- D. 28 days
Q5. 'Operation Black Forest' (2025) at Karreguttalu Hill, the largest anti-Naxal action on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, was carried out under the operational lead of which Central Armed Police Force (CAPF)?
- A. Border Security Force (BSF)
- B. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
- C. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
- D. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
Q6. As per the Ministry of Home Affairs' October 2025 status on Left Wing Extremism, across how many States are the remaining 11 LWE-affected districts distributed?
Q7. With reference to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and its predecessor outfits, consider the following statements:
1. The CPI (Maoist) was formed in 2004 by the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War with the Maoist Communist Centre of India.
2. The CPI (Maoist) is the only Left-wing extremist outfit ever to have been proscribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, its predecessor outfits never having been banned under that Act.
3. The CPI (Maoist), along with its formations and front organisations, was included in the list of terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2009.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The CPI (Maoist) was formed in 2004 by the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War with the Maoist Communist Centre of India.
- The CPI (Maoist) is the only Left-wing extremist outfit ever to have been proscribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, its predecessor outfits never having been banned under that Act.
- The CPI (Maoist), along with its formations and front organisations, was included in the list of terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2009.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. The statutory framework under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for declaring an organisation as a 'terrorist organisation' and listing it in the First Schedule was inserted by which one of the following enactments?
- A. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2004
- B. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008
- C. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2012
- D. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019
Q9. With reference to the origin and early history of the Naxalite movement in India, consider the following statements: 1. The Naxalbari uprising of 1967 broke out in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. 2. Charu Majumdar, Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal were among the principal leaders of the original Naxalbari uprising. 3. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was formed in 2004 through the merger of the People's War Group and the Maoist Communist Centre. 4. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was declared a terrorist organisation and banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the same year in which the Naxalbari uprising occurred. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- The Naxalbari uprising of 1967 broke out in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
- Charu Majumdar, Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal were among the principal leaders of the original Naxalbari uprising.
- The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was formed in 2004 through the merger of the People's War Group and the Maoist Communist Centre.
- The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was declared a terrorist organisation and banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the same year in which the Naxalbari uprising occurred.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 2, 3 and 4 only
- C. 1, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q10. Within the Government of India, which one of the following is the designated nodal authority for monitoring the Left Wing Extremism situation and for implementing the Centre's counter-LWE schemes in affected States?
- A. Left Wing Extremism Division, Ministry of Home Affairs
- B. Internal Security Wing, Ministry of Defence
- C. Naxal Management Cell, Cabinet Secretariat
- D. National Security Council Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office
Q11. The Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA), an infrastructure intervention for the most severely LWE-affected districts, is sponsored and implemented by which one of the following Union Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Home Affairs
- B. Ministry of Rural Development
- C. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Q12. With reference to the schemes/programmes targeted at Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected districts, consider the following pairings of scheme and nodal Union Ministry/Body:
1. Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme — Ministry of Home Affairs
2. Road Connectivity Project for LWE Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) — Ministry of Rural Development
3. Aspirational Districts Programme — NITI Aayog
4. Special Central Assistance (SCA) for the Most LWE Affected Districts — Ministry of Rural Development
Which of the above pairings is/are correctly matched?
- Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme — Ministry of Home Affairs
- Road Connectivity Project for LWE Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) — Ministry of Rural Development
- Aspirational Districts Programme — NITI Aayog
- Special Central Assistance (SCA) for the Most LWE Affected Districts — Ministry of Rural Development
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 3 and 4 only
Q13. In the context of the Ministry of Cooperation established in July 2021, the guiding vision 'Sahkar se Samriddhi' refers to which one of the following?
- A. Prosperity through Cooperation
- B. Cooperative federalism among States
- C. Self-reliance through rural enterprise
- D. Welfare through agricultural cooperation
Q14. The Ministry of Cooperation was carved out as a separate Union Ministry approximately how many years after India attained independence?
- A. 60 years
- B. 68 years
- C. 74 years
- D. 80 years